Religion news 25 July 2023
US Religious Freedom Commission slams European countries’ record on minority rights; Jewish leaders disappointed at new Israel law diminishing Supreme Court power; Faith Museum opens in the north east on 7 October
US Religious Freedom Commission slams European countries’ record on minority rights; Jewish leaders disappointed at new Israel law diminishing Supreme Court power; Faith Museum opens in the north east on 7 October
Employers from Google to Aviva and the NHS tell Number Ten advisers that faith is as much a part of diversity as race and gender
Violent vicar with naked “healing ministry” abused congregation for 19 years; Inquiry into prisoners killed by Nazis on Alderney; Protest at Bhagavad Gita in “Oppenheimer” sex scene; “Barbie” delayed in Pakistan and postponed in middle east
Former IICSA chair to sort out safeguarding in the Church of England; Shocking rape video in Manipur ethnic conflict; Pope’s envoy to Ukraine held one hour meeting with President Biden; Call to strike name of paedophile from Jewish prayerbook
Sikh Lawyers criticise Colin Bloom’s Faith Engagement Review; Local “pantries” run by Church Action on Poverty save people £21 a week; Hindu temple attacked and 30 Hindus “held hostage” in Pakistan; 300 year old Minaret demolished because it was in the way of traffic
Bishops’ amendments to Illegal Migration bill fail at final hurdle; Muslim giving to charity must be matched by professionalism; More than 400 bodies found at death cult in Kenya
Pope’s envoy for Ukraine arrives in Washington for talks; Morality police return to enforce hijab wearing in Iran; “Inform” says enquirers about cults want support as well as information; Priest told off for blessing mourners with water sprayed from the back of a motorbike
Church of England defends teaching reality of systemic racism; Jesse Jackson stands down from his civil rights group; Trocadero to become Islamic Centre
Matt Redman, co-founder of Soul Survivor also victim of abuse; Former Church of England safeguarding chair “misrepresented and defamed”; Morality? “We don’t believe in God. We believe in Rupert Murdoch”; BBC local radio religious programmes cut by a third threatens diversity goals
CofE safeguarding chair resigns; UN agrees resolution to prevent Quran burning; Bishops carry on fight against Illegal Migration Bill in the Lords; FBI memo linking traditional Catholics to domestic terrorism raised in Congress; “Manhattanhenge” as the sun sets between an avenue of New York skyscrapers
